1985-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	0	1	Nottingham Forest	St Andrew's	10,378
	Lineups		Webb
Coventry City	0	1	Ipswich Town	Highfield Road	9,356
	Lineups		D'Avray
Everton	3	1	Manchester United	Goodison Park	42,551
Sharp 2, Lineker	Lineups		Stapleton
Leicester City	3	1	Aston Villa	Filbert Street	13,752
Smith A 2, Bright	Lineups		Walters
Manchester City	1	0	Liverpool	Maine Road	35,584
Wilson	Lineups
Oxford United	3	0	Southampton	Manor Ground	11,266
Aldridge, Leworthy 2	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	2	2	Newcastle United	Hillsborough	30,269
Marwood, Thompson	Lineups		Beardsley, Roeder
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	West Ham United	White Hart Lane	33,835	Largest home gate 1985-86
Perryman	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	2	Luton Town	The Hawthorns	12,508
Varadi	Lineups		North M, Harford

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Manchester United	23	8	3	1	20	3	7	1	3	21	13	25	49	L	L	W	W	D	1986-01-01	Birmingham City	H
2	0	Liverpool	23	10	2	0	30	7	3	4	4	16	15	24	45	L	D	L	W	D	1985-12-28	Nottingham Forest	A
3	0	West Ham United	23	8	2	1	26	9	5	4	3	12	11	18	45	L	D	W	W	W	1986-01-11	Leicester City	A
4	0	Chelsea	22	9	0	1	21	8	4	5	3	15	15	13	44	W	W	D	D	W	1985-12-28	Tottenham Hotspur	H
5	1	Everton	23	7	2	2	28	11	6	2	4	23	18	22	43	W	W	L	W	W	1985-12-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H
6	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	23	7	4	1	22	19	5	2	4	15	15	3	42	D	W	L	W	L	1985-12-28	Everton	A
7	0	Arsenal	22	8	2	1	15	7	3	3	5	10	18	0	38	W	W	L	D	D	1985-12-28	Queens Park Rangers	H
8	0	Luton Town	23	6	5	1	21	7	4	2	5	16	19	11	37	W	D	L	W	W	1985-12-28	Ipswich Town	A
9	1	Tottenham Hotspur	22	7	1	3	29	12	3	3	5	10	14	13	34	W	W	L	W	W	1985-12-28	Chelsea	A
10	-1	Newcastle United	23	6	2	3	20	15	3	5	4	12	19	-2	34	D	D	W	L	W	1986-01-01	Everton	H
11	0	Nottingham Forest	23	6	1	4	17	15	4	2	6	18	20	0	33	W	L	W	L	D	1985-12-28	Liverpool	H
12	0	Watford	22	7	2	1	24	9	1	3	8	14	29	0	29	L	W	W	D	L	1985-12-28	Leicester City	H
13	0	Southampton	23	7	4	1	22	8	0	2	9	8	26	-4	27	L	W	L	W	L	1986-01-01	West Bromwich Albion	H
14	0	Queens Park Rangers	22	6	2	4	14	9	2	1	7	6	18	-7	27	L	L	L	L	D	1985-12-28	Arsenal	A
15	1	Manchester City	23	4	4	3	15	14	2	3	7	12	18	-5	25	W	L	W	D	L	1985-12-28	Birmingham City	H
16	2	Leicester City	23	4	6	2	23	19	2	1	8	8	22	-10	25	W	W	D	L	W	1985-12-28	Watford	A
17	-2	Coventry City	23	3	2	7	17	19	3	4	4	10	16	-8	24	L	L	L	D	W	1986-01-01	Nottingham Forest	A
18	1	Oxford United	23	5	4	2	22	13	0	4	8	13	33	-11	23	W	D	L	D	W	1986-01-01	Queens Park Rangers	A
19	-2	Aston Villa	23	2	4	5	14	16	3	3	6	13	20	-9	22	L	W	L	L	L	1985-12-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
20	1	Ipswich Town	23	3	2	6	10	16	2	1	9	8	21	-19	18	W	L	W	L	W	1985-12-28	Luton Town	H
21	-1	Birmingham City	22	4	1	7	9	13	1	1	8	4	19	-19	17	L	L	L	L	D	1985-12-28	Manchester City	A
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	23	2	3	7	12	23	0	2	9	8	32	-35	11	L	W	D	L	L	1985-12-28	Aston Villa	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	2	0	Leeds United	Ewood Park	8,666
Brotherston, Barker	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	0	Middlesbrough	Brunton Park	4,238
Halpin	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	3	Wimbledon	Selhurst Park	7,929
Droy	Lineups		Cork 2, Sanchez
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Barnsley	Leeds Road	10,575
Raynor	Lineups		Hirst
Hull City	2	0	Grimsby Town	Boothferry Park	12,824	Largest home gate 1985-86
Jobson, Askew	Lineups
Norwich City	3	1	Charlton Athletic	Carrow Road	16,965
Drinkell 2, Deehan	Lineups		Flanagan
Oldham Athletic	0	1	Bradford City	Boundary Park	6,680
	Lineups		Campbell
Portsmouth	1	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Fratton Park	15,265
O'Callaghan	Lineups		Saunders, Connor
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	Stoke City	Gay Meadow	9,595	Largest home gate 1985-86
Dyson OG	Lineups
Sunderland	2	1	Sheffield United	Roker Park	17,643
Gates, Bennett	Lineups		Edwards

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Norwich City	23	9	2	1	31	11	4	4	3	17	12	25	45	W	W	W	W	W	1986-01-01	Fulham	A
2	0	Portsmouth	22	7	1	2	19	6	6	2	4	17	12	18	42	L	W	D	W	L	1985-12-28	Shrewsbury Town	H
3	0	Charlton Athletic	22	9	1	1	24	7	3	3	5	16	18	15	40	L	W	L	W	W	1986-01-11	Crystal Palace	A
4	1	Wimbledon	23	8	3	1	23	9	3	3	5	8	14	8	39	W	W	L	L	D	1985-12-28	Barnsley	A
5	-1	Barnsley	23	8	2	1	17	6	2	5	5	9	12	8	37	D	D	W	W	W	1985-12-28	Wimbledon	H
6	0	Crystal Palace	23	6	1	4	14	13	4	4	4	16	14	3	35	L	D	L	W	D	1986-01-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
7	0	Sheffield United	23	3	5	3	18	14	6	2	4	21	19	6	34	L	L	L	L	D	1985-12-28	Fulham	H
8	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	6	3	3	26	17	4	1	6	13	17	5	34	W	L	W	L	W	1985-12-28	Leeds United	A
9	0	Blackburn Rovers	23	7	3	1	15	5	2	4	6	11	23	-2	34	W	L	W	L	L	1986-01-01	Stoke City	A
10	1	Hull City	23	6	4	2	25	11	2	4	5	12	19	7	32	W	W	D	L	L	1985-12-28	Millwall	A
11	-1	Stoke City	23	4	7	1	17	10	3	2	6	10	17	0	30	L	D	W	W	W	1986-01-01	Blackburn Rovers	H
12	2	Bradford City	21	7	0	1	17	10	2	3	8	8	21	-6	30	W	W	W	L	W	1986-01-01	Sunderland	H
13	2	Shrewsbury Town	23	6	3	3	16	10	2	2	7	13	22	-3	29	W	W	W	W	L	1985-12-28	Portsmouth	A
14	-2	Leeds United	23	4	5	3	12	13	4	0	7	15	24	-10	29	L	L	W	W	L	1985-12-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
15	1	Sunderland	23	5	3	4	14	18	3	2	6	9	15	-10	29	W	D	L	L	L	1985-12-28	Middlesbrough	A
16	-3	Oldham Athletic	23	6	1	4	22	20	2	3	7	11	17	-4	28	L	L	L	L	D	1986-01-01	Leeds United	A
17	0	Grimsby Town	23	6	2	3	20	12	0	5	7	14	23	-1	25	L	L	L	D	W	1986-01-01	Shrewsbury Town	H
18	0	Middlesbrough	22	4	5	2	11	9	2	1	8	8	17	-7	24	L	W	W	L	W	1985-12-28	Sunderland	H
19	2	Huddersfield Town	23	4	5	3	19	17	1	4	6	13	23	-8	24	D	W	L	D	D	1986-01-01	Middlesbrough	A
20	-1	Millwall	21	6	0	4	16	12	1	3	7	12	26	-10	24	L	W	L	L	W	1985-12-28	Hull City	H
21	-1	Fulham	19	6	1	4	18	15	1	1	6	3	12	-6	23	L	L	W	D	W	1985-12-28	Sheffield United	A
22	0	Carlisle United	22	4	2	6	14	17	0	1	9	6	31	-28	15	W	L	L	W	L	1986-01-01	Sheffield United	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	0	1	Reading	Dean Court	6,105	Largest home gate 1985-86
	Lineups		Horrix
Blackpool	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	Bloomfield Road	9,473	Largest home gate 1985-86
Stewart	Lineups		Cross
Bristol City	2	0	Plymouth Argyle	Ashton Gate	8,296
Neville, Walsh (p)	Lineups
Bury	1	1	Newport County	Gigg Lane	3,013
Dixon	Lineups		Mardenborough
Cardiff City	1	0	Swansea City	Ninian Park	8,375	Largest home gate 1985-86
Vaughan	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	2	Lincoln City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	2,631
Hunter, Scrimgeour (p)	Lineups		White, Ward
Darlington	2	2	Rotherham United	Feethams Ground	3,727
MacDonald, Airey	Lineups		Pugh, Gooding
Notts County	4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Meadow Lane	5,264
Harkouk, McParland, Waitt, Goodwin	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	4	0	Bristol Rovers	Springfield Park	3,711
Aspinall, Griffiths, Kelly (p), Newell	Lineups
York City	0	1	Doncaster Rovers	Bootham Crescent	5,472
	Lineups		Buckley (p)

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Reading	23	10	1	1	24	13	9	1	1	16	7	20	59	W	W	W	D	L	1985-12-28	Bristol Rovers	A
2	0	Derby County	21	7	2	2	27	9	4	5	1	15	9	24	40	W	W	D	W	W	1985-12-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
3	0	Blackpool	23	6	3	2	27	11	5	3	4	19	14	21	39	D	W	D	D	D	1985-12-28	Darlington	H
4	4	Notts County	23	7	3	2	26	14	4	3	4	12	14	10	39	W	L	L	W	W	1985-12-28	Doncaster Rovers	A
5	-1	Plymouth Argyle	23	8	1	2	22	10	3	4	5	15	19	8	38	L	L	W	D	W	1985-12-28	Swansea City	H
6	-1	Brentford	22	7	4	1	16	8	4	1	5	10	18	0	38	W	W	L	W	D	1985-12-28	AFC Bournemouth	A
7	-1	York City	23	7	3	2	24	8	4	1	6	16	19	13	37	L	D	L	W	W	1986-01-01	Walsall	A
8	-1	Gillingham	22	6	2	2	24	10	4	4	4	17	18	13	36	L	L	W	W	W	1985-12-28	Bristol City	H
9	1	Wigan Athletic	23	9	2	0	29	6	1	4	7	9	19	13	36	W	L	D	W	L	1986-01-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
10	1	Doncaster Rovers	24	4	4	3	10	11	5	4	4	15	19	-5	35	W	L	L	W	L	1985-12-28	Notts County	H
11	-2	Walsall	21	7	3	1	27	12	3	1	6	13	17	11	34	W	L	D	L	W	1985-12-28	Lincoln City	H
12	2	Bristol City	23	6	3	3	16	10	2	4	5	13	24	-5	31	W	L	L	W	W	1985-12-28	Gillingham	A
13	-1	Rotherham United	23	6	3	2	16	8	1	5	6	10	20	-2	29	D	D	W	W	W	1985-12-28	Chesterfield	H
14	1	Bury	23	6	3	2	25	13	1	4	7	12	21	3	28	D	D	L	W	L	1986-01-01	Doncaster Rovers	A
15	-2	Bristol Rovers	22	5	3	3	13	9	3	1	7	17	31	-10	28	L	L	W	W	L	1985-12-28	Reading	H
16	0	AFC Bournemouth	23	5	1	5	24	17	3	1	8	12	21	-2	26	L	W	L	L	D	1985-12-28	Brentford	H
17	0	Chesterfield	22	5	3	3	18	14	1	5	5	8	14	-2	26	D	L	L	L	W	1985-12-28	Rotherham United	A
18	0	Bolton Wanderers	23	5	3	4	17	16	2	2	7	6	15	-8	26	D	W	W	L	L	1986-01-01	Wigan Athletic	H
19	0	Newport County	22	2	6	4	14	14	2	5	3	7	11	-4	23	D	W	D	L	L	1985-12-28	Cardiff City	A
20	0	Darlington	22	4	3	4	26	23	2	1	8	12	27	-12	22	D	W	L	L	W	1985-12-28	Blackpool	A
21	1	Cardiff City	23	2	2	7	7	15	4	1	7	20	29	-17	21	W	W	W	D	L	1985-12-28	Newport County	H
22	-1	Lincoln City	23	4	4	4	18	21	0	4	7	10	27	-20	20	D	D	L	L	L	1985-12-28	Walsall	A
23	0	Swansea City	22	4	2	5	9	12	1	1	9	9	30	-24	18	L	W	L	L	L	1985-12-28	Plymouth Argyle	A
24	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	3	3	5	17	23	1	2	9	14	33	-25	17	L	L	D	D	L	1985-12-28	Derby County	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Cambridge United	3	2	Chester City	Abbey Stadium	2,395
Lockhart, Cooper, Massey S	Lineups		Richardson, Bennett
Halifax Town	1	1	Rochdale	The Shay	2,253
Kellock	Lineups		Taylor
Mansfield Town	4	2	Stockport County	Field Mill	4,206
Lowery 2, Garner, Chamberlain	Lineups		Leonard 2
Orient	2	2	Hereford United	Brisbane Road	2,700
Juryeff, Hales	Lineups		Delve, Carter
Port Vale	3	0	Crewe Alexandra	Vale Park	5,976	Largest home gate 1985-86
Maguire, Brown, Earle	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Hartlepool United	Old Showground	2,495	Largest home gate 1985-86
Matthews M	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	1	Burnley	Prenton Park	3,188	Largest home gate 1985-86
Anderson, Williams	Lineups		Taylor
Wrexham	1	1	Preston North End	Racecourse Ground	2,217
Charles (p)	Lineups		Atkins

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Chester City	23	8	3	1	23	5	4	5	2	24	19	23	44	L	W	D	D	D	1986-01-01	Port Vale	H
2	0	Swindon Town	22	11	0	1	25	10	3	1	6	6	14	7	43	W	W	W	L	W	1985-12-28	Torquay United	A
3	1	Mansfield Town	23	9	3	0	30	11	3	2	6	14	17	16	41	W	W	L	W	L	1986-01-01	Preston North End	A
4	2	Port Vale	23	8	3	0	28	5	3	4	5	9	11	21	40	W	L	W	D	L	1986-01-01	Chester City	A
5	0	Orient	23	7	3	2	24	9	4	3	4	16	19	12	39	D	W	L	W	L	1985-12-28	Peterborough United	A
6	-3	Hartlepool United	22	9	1	1	22	9	3	2	6	14	20	7	39	L	D	W	W	L	1986-01-01	Halifax Town	H
7	0	Southend United	21	5	4	2	20	16	5	2	3	16	18	2	36	L	L	D	W	D	1985-12-28	Cambridge United	H
8	0	Stockport County	23	4	4	1	17	13	6	2	6	19	24	-1	36	L	D	W	W	W	1985-12-28	Rochdale	H
9	0	Rochdale	21	8	2	0	23	8	2	3	6	9	22	2	35	D	W	L	W	W	1985-12-28	Stockport County	A
10	0	Northampton Town	23	4	4	3	24	15	5	2	5	27	17	19	33	D	D	W	W	W	1986-01-11	Mansfield Town	A
11	0	Colchester United	21	6	2	2	22	10	4	0	7	18	25	5	32	W	L	L	L	L	1985-12-28	Aldershot	A
12	0	Burnley	23	7	0	5	17	14	2	5	4	14	16	1	32	L	D	W	D	W	1986-01-01	Wrexham	H
13	0	Tranmere Rovers	23	6	0	5	31	17	3	4	5	18	19	13	31	W	L	W	L	L	1986-01-04	Swindon Town	H
14	0	Hereford United	22	6	3	1	23	13	2	2	8	9	19	0	29	D	L	L	L	W	1985-12-28	Crewe Alexandra	H
15	0	Aldershot	23	6	2	3	20	11	2	2	8	11	24	-4	28	L	W	D	W	L	1985-12-28	Colchester United	H
16	0	Peterborough United	22	6	4	1	16	9	1	3	7	14	26	-5	28	L	W	L	W	D	1985-12-28	Orient	H
17	1	Wrexham	22	4	4	2	17	13	3	3	6	13	28	-11	28	D	L	L	W	L	1986-01-01	Burnley	A
18	-1	Exeter City	21	6	1	4	14	10	1	5	4	9	16	-3	27	W	W	W	L	L	1986-01-01	Hereford United	A
19	0	Cambridge United	24	6	1	6	25	27	1	3	7	10	27	-19	25	W	W	D	L	L	1985-12-28	Southend United	A
20	1	Scunthorpe United	23	4	5	3	15	13	1	3	7	8	17	-7	23	W	D	D	D	L	1986-01-01	Stockport County	A
21	-1	Crewe Alexandra	22	4	4	4	15	13	1	2	7	8	22	-12	21	L	D	L	L	D	1985-12-28	Hereford United	A
22	0	Halifax Town	23	4	5	2	16	14	0	3	9	13	28	-13	20	D	D	L	W	L	1986-01-01	Hartlepool United	A
23	0	Preston North End	23	5	2	6	22	23	0	3	7	8	26	-19	20	D	D	L	L	L	1986-01-01	Mansfield Town	H
24	0	Torquay United	22	3	4	4	17	21	0	0	11	2	32	-34	13	L	L	D	L	L	1985-12-28	Swindon Town	H